The last several months have been filled with changes, waiting and seeking Gods will for our family. The Lord has placed a fire in our hearts to serve Him. Really serve Him. I mean the sacrificial, get out of our comfort zones kind of serving. I (Brenda) never thought that I could be used in a big way. I was content to just be a stay at home mom and be a behind the scenes kind of Christian. The scary thing is, I was complacent and didn't realize it and I was missing opportunities left and right. So we began to give our lives to God and asked Him to use us for His Glory. Warning, if you are genuinely wanting to be a servant of God, He will act!!!
There have been a lot of things we have been given a passion for as we seek to serve Him. This blog documents just one of those things. International adoption! It is with great joy and happiness to announce that we are headed to Ethiopia to bring home our next child/children!! Our blog header says Desta, pronounced des-e-ta. It is the Ethiopian language Amharic word for joy. We received the call from our adoption agency AWAA (America World Adoption Association) on Thursday, June 9, 2011 that we have been accepted into the Ethiopian program. We are thrilled, excited and so very anxious to get to Ethiopia and meet our new little one/s and bring them home where they belong. We have a long journey ahead of us that consists of paperwork, the home study, putting together the dossier, sending it all to Ethiopia and then waiting for the referral of a child that has been matched to our family.
Please join us in prayer as we take this leap of faith and travel down this unknown road and fully trust in the Lord to lead, guide and provide.
Below is a video of Nate telling the kids we were accepted into the program.........priceless!
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